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enwebmaster@abajournal.comCopyright 20152015-03-31T17:20:00+00:00Report: DOJ is investigating mental-health screening of bar applicants by Florida’s top courthttp://www.abajournal.com/news/article/report_doj_is_investigating_mental_health_screening_of_bar_applicants_by_fl/?utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site_rss_feeds
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/report_doj_is_investigating_mental_health_screening_of_bar_applicants_by_fl#When:21:20:00ZThe U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the mental-health screening imposed by the Florida Supreme Court on bar applicants.

In a December letter, the DOJ…]]>

2015-03-26T21:20:00+00:00Chicago camera ticketing violates notice rules, suit says; seeks refund of money paid by motoristshttp://www.abajournal.com/news/article/suit_says_chicago_camera_ticketing_program_is_violating_notice_rules/?utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site_rss_feeds
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/suit_says_chicago_camera_ticketing_program_is_violating_notice_rules#When:19:30:00ZAn Illinois lawsuit filed Monday doesn’t challenge the authority of the city of Chicago to issue tickets for red-light and speed violations based on camera…]]>2015-03-24T19:30:00+00:00Federal appeals court agrees with FTC that Pom Wonderful ad claims were deceptivehttp://www.abajournal.com/news/article/federal_appeals_court_agrees_with_ftc_that_pom_wonderful_ad_claims_were_dec/?utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site_rss_feeds
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/federal_appeals_court_agrees_with_ftc_that_pom_wonderful_ad_claims_were_dec#When:23:25:00ZRejecting Pom Wonderful’s free-speech argument, a federal appeals court on Friday agreed with the Federal Trade Commission that the pomegranate juice marketer made deceptive advertising…]]>2015-01-30T23:25:00+00:00Posner ruling tosses Social Security judges’ grievance claim, compares them to assembly line workershttp://www.abajournal.com/news/article/posner_ruling_tosses_social_security_judges_grievance_claim_compares_them/?utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site_rss_feeds
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/posner_ruling_tosses_social_security_judges_grievance_claim_compares_them#When:15:00:00ZThe Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that administrative law judges for the Social Security Administration can’t pursue a grievance against their…]]>2015-01-26T15:00:00+00:00Record fine of up to $1.6M imposed on Southwest over planes sitting for hours on tarmachttp://www.abajournal.com/news/article/record_fine_of_up_to_1.6m_imposed_on_southwest_over_planes_sitting_for_hour/?utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site_rss_feeds
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/record_fine_of_up_to_1.6m_imposed_on_southwest_over_planes_sitting_for_hour#When:18:30:00ZIn the stiffest penalty yet imposed over passenger-filled airplanes stranded for hours on the tarmac during stormy weather, the U.S. Department of Transportation on Thursday…]]>2015-01-16T18:30:00+00:00Close ‘mind-boggling’ loophole, screen airline workers for guns, lawmaker tells TSAhttp://www.abajournal.com/news/article/close_mind_boggling_loophole_screen_airline_workers_for_guns_lawmaker_/?utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site_rss_feeds
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/close_mind_boggling_loophole_screen_airline_workers_for_guns_lawmaker_#When:11:45:00ZA federal lawmaker from New York and a Big Apple prosecutor jointly called Wednesday for the U.S. to start screening airline workers for weapons on…]]>2015-01-08T11:45:00+00:00Citing loss of judicial independence, Iowa judge takes early retirementhttp://www.abajournal.com/news/article/citing_loss_of_judicial_independence_iowa_unemployment_appeals_judge_takes/?utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site_rss_feeds
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/citing_loss_of_judicial_independence_iowa_unemployment_appeals_judge_takes#When:18:14:00ZAn Iowa unemployment appeals judge is about to join the ranks of the jobless.

2015-01-06T18:14:00+00:00Fast-food sellers must list calories ‘clearly and conspicuously’ on menus within a year, FDA sayshttp://www.abajournal.com/news/article/fast_food_sellers_must_post_calories_clearly_and_conspicuously_on_menus_wit/?utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site_rss_feeds
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/fast_food_sellers_must_post_calories_clearly_and_conspicuously_on_menus_wit#When:21:55:00ZSetting new rules Tuesday despite opposition from food sellers, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said menus and billboards from which customers order must “clearly…]]>2014-11-25T21:55:00+00:00FDA restricts use of device blamed for spreading uterine cancer, after news of patient deathshttp://www.abajournal.com/news/article/morcellator/?utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site_rss_feeds
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/morcellator#When:17:25:00ZRobotic surgery, including the use of an instrument known as a laparoscopic power morcellator, made it possible for many women to undergo hysterectomies with minimal…]]>2014-11-25T17:25:00+00:00Regulator fines utility $1.05M over emails lobbying for preferred administrative judge in rate casehttp://www.abajournal.com/news/article/regulator_fines_utility_1.05m_over_emails_lobbying_for_preferred_administra/?utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site_rss_feeds
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/regulator_fines_utility_1.05m_over_emails_lobbying_for_preferred_administra#When:21:35:00ZA gas company has been fined $1.05 million by the California Public Utilities Commission over ex parte emails in which it successfully lobbied to have…]]>2014-11-20T21:35:00+00:00Interpreters are still lacking in Los Angeles civil cases, legal-aid advocates sayhttp://www.abajournal.com/news/article/interpreters_still_lacking_in_los_angeles/?utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site_rss_feeds
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/interpreters_still_lacking_in_los_angeles#When:21:20:00ZGiven a chance to provide qualified interpreters voluntarily to civil litigants who don’t speak English, after the U.S. Department of Justice identified a civil rights…]]>2014-11-06T21:20:00+00:00Court rejects housing discrimination rule that relied on statistical analysishttp://www.abajournal.com/news/article/court_rejects_housing_discrimination_rule_that_relied_on_statistical_analys/?utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site_rss_feeds
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/court_rejects_housing_discrimination_rule_that_relied_on_statistical_analys#When:22:15:00ZA federal judge has struck down a rule designed to make it easier for plaintiffs to file housing discrimination claims.

U.S. District Judge Richard Leon…]]>

2014-11-03T22:15:00+00:00Feds investigate Chrysler over recall of more than 1 million truckshttp://www.abajournal.com/news/article/feds_investigate_chrysler_over_recall_of_more_than_1_million_trucks/?utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site_rss_feeds
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/feds_investigate_chrysler_over_recall_of_more_than_1_million_trucks#When:18:05:00ZFederal safety regulators have opened a probe into Chrysler Group’s recall of nearly one million Dodge Ram pickup trucks.

Last November, the car company issued…]]>

2014-10-27T18:05:00+00:00Report: Lax regulation puts employees and patrons of gun ranges at risk of lead poisoninghttp://www.abajournal.com/news/article/report_lax_regulation_and_enforcement_puts_those_who_use_gun_ranges_at_risk/?utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site_rss_feeds
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/report_lax_regulation_and_enforcement_puts_those_who_use_gun_ranges_at_risk#When:20:55:00ZIt is a little-known fact that a number of shooting ranges throughout the country are contaminated with lead, spread by vapor and dust when guns…]]>2014-10-17T20:55:00+00:00Uproar over Forest Service plan to require media to get permits to take wilderness photoshttp://www.abajournal.com/news/article/firestorm_ignites_over_forest_service_plan_make_media_get_permits_to_take/?utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site_rss_feeds
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/firestorm_ignites_over_forest_service_plan_make_media_get_permits_to_take#When:21:50:00ZA furor has ignited over a U.S. Forest Service plan to require members of the media, as well as commercial photographers, to pay up to…]]>2014-09-25T21:50:00+00:00Utility faces contempt hearing for lobbying to choose judge in $1.29B rate case linked to fatal firehttp://www.abajournal.com/news/article/utility_faces_contempt_hearing_for_helping_select_judge_in_1.29b_rate_case/?utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site_rss_feeds
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/utility_faces_contempt_hearing_for_helping_select_judge_in_1.29b_rate_case#When:15:40:00ZAfter a fatal gas-supply pipeline rupture, explosion and fire in San Bruno, California, the utility company responsible spent $1.29 billion on pipeline improvements. Eight people…]]>2014-09-18T15:40:00+00:00Record $1.4B fine levied against gas company in fatal explosion and firehttp://www.abajournal.com/news/article/record_1.4b_fine_levied_against_gas_company_in_fatal_explosion_and_fire/?utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site_rss_feeds
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/record_1.4b_fine_levied_against_gas_company_in_fatal_explosion_and_fire#When:16:05:00ZA record $1.4 billion safety fine has been imposed by the California Public Utilities Commission concerning a 2010 gas pipeline rupture, explosion and fire that…]]>2014-09-03T16:05:00+00:00Two California judges censured for in-chambers sex, among other conducthttp://www.abajournal.com/news/article/two_calif._judges_censured_for_in_chambers_sex_among_other_conduct/?utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site_rss_feeds
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/two_calif._judges_censured_for_in_chambers_sex_among_other_conduct#When:21:25:00ZTwo sitting California judges were sanctioned Tuesday in unrelated legal ethics cases for in-chambers sexual activity, as well as other misconduct.

The Commission on Judicial…]]>

2014-09-02T21:25:00+00:00Iconic monarch butterfly needs protection as endangered species, advocacy groups say in US petitionhttp://www.abajournal.com/news/article/iconic_monarch_butterfly_needs_protection_as_endangered_species_advocacy/?utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site_rss_feeds
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/iconic_monarch_butterfly_needs_protection_as_endangered_species_advocacy#When:22:20:23ZAn iconic American butterfly needs protection as an endangered species because of climate change, the widespread use of a herbicide that has eliminated much of…]]>2014-08-26T22:20:23+00:00Monkey selfies do not qualify for copyright protection, US regulators sayhttp://www.abajournal.com/news/article/monkey_selfies_do_not_qualify_for_copyright_protection/?utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site_rss_feeds
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/monkey_selfies_do_not_qualify_for_copyright_protection#When:01:12:16ZApe rights will have to wait until the day they take over the Earth, like in Planet of the Apes.

2014-08-23T01:12:16+00:00Solar power towers are igniting birds in midair; wildlife protection groups are concernedhttp://www.abajournal.com/news/article/solar_power_towers_are_igniting_birds_in_midair_wildlife_protection_groups_/?utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site_rss_feeds
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/solar_power_towers_are_igniting_birds_in_midair_wildlife_protection_groups_#When:03:20:17ZIn the quest for clean energy, some birds are feeling the heat.

Because of the concentration of sunlight by garage-door-size mirrors that reflect solar rays…]]>

2014-08-19T03:20:17+00:00Louisiana Supreme Court settles ADA probe by DOJ over mental-health queries on bar applicationhttp://www.abajournal.com/news/article/louisiana_settles_ada_probe_by_feds_over_mental-health_questions_on_bar_app/?utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site_rss_feeds
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/louisiana_settles_ada_probe_by_feds_over_mental-health_questions_on_bar_app#When:01:40:04ZThe Louisiana Supreme Court has agreed to settle a U.S. Department of Justice probe over claims that